Machine for covering the springs op skeleton skirts



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. LOFT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR COVERING THE SPRINGS OF SKELETON SKIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,456, dated March 13, 1860.

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, JOHN T. Lor'r, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Machine for Covering Springs for Hoop-Skirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in ,which-- Figure l, is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of ditto; Fig. 3, a detached perspective view of a folder of ditto; Fig. 4, a detached sectional view of the drawing and pressure rollers of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a machine for covering, in a continuous manner, the springs for hoopskirts with any textile or other suitable fabric.

The invention consists in the employment or use of glue or cement-distributing rollers, cutters, guides, folders, and drawing and pressure rollers, substantially as hereinafter described, whereby the desired end is attained.

The covering of skirt hoops as hitherto practiced is attended with considerable eX- pense. Machines are constructed for weaving or braiding the covering around the wires of which the hoops are made. By my invention the expense of covering the wires is greatly reduced while the work is done equally as well as by the old mode or process.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents a frame which may be constructed in any proper way to support the working parts of the machine.

B is a roller which is fitted transversely in the frame A, near one end and is allowed to turn freely in its bearings.

On the frame A, above the roller B, a reservoir O is placed, for containing, glue, cement, or any suitable adhesive substance, and directly over this reservoir a roller D, is placed. i

E, is a guide strip which may be simply a narrow metal plate secured to the inner edge of the reservoir C, see Figs. l and 2.

In the lower part of the frame A, a shaft F, is placed transversely and on this shaft a series of circular cutters a are secured at a suitable distance apart. In the frame A, there is also placed a shaft G, which has a series of circular disks placed on it at about the same distance apart as the cutters a. The disks b, may also be about the same diameter as the cutters a.

H is a reservoir placed in the frame A, and having a roller I, fitted within it, said roller having its shaft c, fitted in vertical slots cl, in the sides of the frame A. Directly above the roller I, and in the same plane there is a roller J, the shaft of which has its journals tted in slides e, said slides being in the slots d, d. Between the upper parts of the slides e, e, there is a shaft K, which has a series of circular disks f, placed on it and arranged precisely similar to the disks b, of shaft G.

L is a roller which is placed in the upper part of the frame A, and is provided with a series of grooves g, made circumferentially, in the roller and at a distance apart corresponding to the distance between the disks f and on the shafts K and G. Directly over the roller L, there is a smaller roller M, which is provided with circumferential projections It, which correspond in width to the grooves g, of roller L, the projections h, are directly over the grooves g, and work or fit therein. The journals of the shaft of roller M, work in bearings It, which are fitted in vertical slots z', in the frame A, said bearings having screws j, bearing on their upper surfaces.

N, is a roller which has a smooth periphery and is fitted inthe frame A, at the outer side of the grooved roller L.

In the frame A, between the shaft K and roller L, there is placed a horizontal board O, said board being about on a level with the top of roller L, and shaft K. To this board O, there are attached a series of folders P. These folders may be constructed of sheet metal, and they are simply metal plates bent or swaged into the form of funnels the smaller ends having their orices of rectangular form as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The folders are secured to the board O, at equal distances apart and in line with the grooves g, and projections It, of rollers L, M.

The operation of the machine is as fol lows: The fabric (shown in red) with which the wires are covered is wound on the roller B, and of the same width as manufactured;

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the reservoirs C, H, are snp,pliedL with the proper glue, cement or adhesive material, and the fabric is passed under the cutters af, of shaft F, and the strips eut. by said cutter, are passed around the shaft Gr, and between the disks b, which servea'sg guides, said strips. 5

being also passed between the rollers I, J, over the shaft K, between. thev disks f, and through the folders l?. The wires Q are. passed. through. the reservoir 6 beneath the roller D, and under the. guide, strip E,L between the disks. jf, of shaft. K, through. the. folders D, and between the rollers. L, M,y thev wires. Q, being on the. strips of.' the fabric.. ll/I'otiony is applied tothe shaft4 of roller L, by any convenient power and'. the. rollers. N, 1 are. rotated from one. end ofthe shaft of' roller L, by belts af, e", shown in Fig, 2, the. cutter shaft l` being rotated. from thev op.- posite end of.' shaft by the belt 25".V The. rollers are rotated inY tlie direction. of the arrows marked onA them, and the. Gutters a.

v out the fabric into strips. of the desired width.; the4 rollers. ll', 3"', appl-y the gluaeementor other adhesive substance. to them andthe. folders P fold the stripsand'. the wires. Q, which are also ooveredwith glue, cement, or

an adhesive material as they pass, through.

the reservoir. C. The wiresfQl', in this re speet'` serve.- as feeders of @lue or. cement. and insure.v a proper supply "sing conveyed to the folders P', or tothe bite ofthe rollers L, The strips. of fabric after beingl folded around theI wires l?, have their lapped. edges eompressed as they pass between the rollers L,y the covered wires fitting` in the grooves g, and the projections Il, pressing the edges together causing them to be firmly glued or cemented, The rollers L,y M, itwi-ll be seen serve the double function of drawing and pressure rollers, the roller N', servingy merelyl as a guide or support, while the disks serve as guides to keep the strips of fabric in proper 'relative' position with each other and the folders P; The disks 5 f and also the eutters a may be adjusted nearer together or farther apart on their respective shafts according to the width of strips required.

a In case the glue, cement or adhesivev mate-v rialused inthe reservoirs C, H, requires erase heat,lamps may be placed underneath the reservoirsor, when convenient, gasjets may be usedfor the purpose. 0 .the roller M, mayI be graduated as desired The pressure of by adjusting the screws j, y.

Ther wires; Qs, may be wound. on a roller and drawn through the machine therefrom7 I the wares being of any length as the process ofeovering is a continuous one. The covered wires of course are cut into pieces of any required ls-ingths,l according to the. re-

quired size of the springs..

By this invention. the expense of' covering Wires., or springs for skirt hoops; is veryI consclerably reduced. and. by a, very simple.. and eth'ei'ent machine...

Having thus described my inventiomwhat li claim as new. and desire to secure. by lietters Patent' isz l. Covering wiresv orV springs for hoop skirts. by passing the. samey Connection with strips or covers of' suitable fabrichav l ing a. suitable. gliiecement or adhesive substance applied to. them,t through ffol'rl'em` P, and between drawing and pressure rollers L, arranged to, operate substantiallyy as and for the. purpose set forth..

2,. The employment, or use. of cutters: a and disksi or guides, f, placed respeetfvely on. the, shafts F', Gr, K, in connection with the roller B, oir which the fabrie is, wound the glue or. cementA reservoir H, and the rollers I', Jg, being arranggged'` substantially as and for the. purpose speei'hed.

lin connection with the glue or cement reservoir H, and. rollers I., J, the reservoir C, and roller D', arranged relatively with.

each other, and the. disks or guides on shaft. K, to. operate as and for. the purpose specified.

L The. combination of. the drawing and pressure rollers L, M, folders 1) roller N., l glue. or. sement. reservoirs C, H, with. their rollerst D, E, J', the roliler B, cutters a, and guides. b, f', arranged for joint operation as and for the purpose specified'.

J THiOlSI.. ILQF Witnesses.:

WM. TUSGH, J. W. CooMBs. 

